Guadalupe “Lupita” Medina: the girl without an identity that the system took nine months to recognize

Lupita: Nine months without a name in Nezahualcoyotl: The murder of Guadalupe Medina Pichardo A small girl's corpse lies in a vacant lot in Nezahualcoyotl, wearing red shoelaces. Nine months later, no institution knows who she was. The central question: how does a minor disappear without the State knowing her identity? In this episode, we explore the investigation that connected a citizen video, a forensic portrait, and a police report ignored one day before the discovery. We unravel why Lupita's empty civil registry allowed the prosecutor's office to archive the case, and how an activist and a forensic expert returned a name to a homicide victim that the system never registered. Victim: Guadalupe Medina Pichardo "Lupita" Date: March 18, 2017 Location: Colonia El Sol, Nezahualcoyotl, State of Mexico Status: Sentenced to 88 years in prison (sentence September 4, 2019) - She was never registered in the civil registry; the system had no record of her name in databases. - The report of child abuse was filed on March 17, one day before her death, but it was not cross-referenced with the discovery. - A citizen witness recognized Lupita alive in a video, showing the same red shoelaces found on the corpse. - The formal identification took 243 days; it only occurred when her aunt Marina contacted activist Verónica Villalvazo. Guadalupe Medina Pichardo, Nezahualcoyotl, child murder, 2017, abuse, investigation, forensic, justice, criminal minds, unregistered crime, true crime Spanish If you want to listen to this podcast without ads and have access to premium episodes, we invite you to try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and associated materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use in whole or in part is prohibited without prior written authorization from OBOMEDIA. For permissions, licenses, and business inquiries, write to: [email protected] listen ad-free and access premium episodes, start your 30-day free trial at obomedia.comOBOMEDIA presents true crime storiesa true crime podcast built on real cases.Every true crime story in our crime files follows the crime investigation from the missing person report to the trial: investigators and police building a murder case, a police investigation gone cold, justice for the victim and those who survived.We open the unsolved murder, the cold case reopened decades later, the mysterious death, the disappearance, the serial killer, the family murder, the murder mystery; the missing persons  a missing woman, a missing girl, a missing man found dead and the missing and murdered.From the infamous case to the unsolved case, from classic true crime to dark true crime and disturbing true crime: true crime reports, real crime stories, real murder cases, true murder stories and unsolved mysteries one true crime case at a time, from the OBOMEDIA true crime vault.© 2026 Created with OBOMEDIA technology. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text and related materials) are the property of their respective creator and are distributed under the OBOMEDIA name on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing and business inquirie